Should You Grade Pokemon Cards in 2024? (PSA vs. CGC vs BGS)

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Summary

TLDR在这段视频中，讲述了关于卡牌评级公司的竞争与选择，尤其提到PSA、CGC及BGS三家主要公司之间的对比。市场上老版的卡牌如Charizard，在接近全新的状态下，通过PSA评级会卖得更贵，而现代卡牌如Umbreon，通过BGS的黑标10评级则比PSA的10评级贵出400%以上。这显示了市场中的动态变化。对于卡牌收藏家，了解卡牌的条件和选择合适的评级公司变得更为重要。视频中还介绍了如何选择合适的卡牌进行评级，评级公司的收费及市场发展趋势等信息。

Takeaways

  • 🔥 PSA通常在传统卡牌市场中具有更高的流动性和转售价值。
  • 💡 CGC在成本和交付速度方面提供了竞争优势，是进入评级市场的好选择。
  • 🔍 Becket凭借其子等级评分和黑标10等级的高溢价，吸引着特别的评级需求。
  • 📈 现代卡牌市场对Black Label评级的需求和溢价远高于传统卡牌。
  • 🎯 为不同品质的卡牌选择合适的评级公司，可以最大化其价值。
  • 📊 PSA的简单评分体系使其评级过程更直接，也更受大众欢迎。
  • 🔗 CGC的精致10评级比PSA10更容易实现并具有一定溢价。
  • 🌀 在各种评级条件和稀缺性之间存在巨大的差异，这显著影响卡牌的市场价值。
  • 🧩 了解市场趋势和使用在线工具可以帮助在卡牌评级决策中获益。
  • 🛠️ 最优的评级公司和卡牌选择关系到收藏的潜在价值提升。

Timeline

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    Il mercatu di carte classiche e moderne hè cumplettamente diversu in termini di valutazione. Un Charizard classicu in cundizione quasi perfetta vende significativamente più s'ellu hè qualificatu da PSA rispetto à cgc o bgs. In qualchì modu, quandu si tratta di carte moderne cum’è l’Umbreon, u BGS Black Label 10 supera u PSA 10 di più di 400%. In questu video, discutemu di cumu valutà a megliu cundizione è induve qualificà e vostre carte per navigà in un mercatu in cambiu rapidu.

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    U prezzu per qualificà e carte hè diventatu più cumpetitivu dopu à a pandemia, cù PSA, cgc è bgs offrendu diverse scale di prezzi. PSA hè u più caru per servizii à l'ingrossu, mentre chì cgc offre un'accessibilità megliu cù prezzi più bassi è più convenienti. Cumpagnie cume PSA anu ancu partenariati cum’è cun GameStop per rende tuttu più accessibile, mentre chì cgc offre servizii rapidi cù Fanatics. Meshende questu cun quale cumpagnia sceltu dipende da fattori cum'è a liquidità è a trasparenza di u mercatu.

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    Una categorizzazione persunale suggerisce chì a qualificazione di BGS Black Label 10 hè a più desiderata, seguita da varie categurie di gem mint. Ci sò differenze débatabili trà u modu cum’è e cumpagnie cum’è PSA, cgc è bgs valutanu criterii cumuni, resultendu in differenze notevuli in vendite trà carte vintage è muderne. Per esempiu, una valutazione PSA 10 di Charizard pò spessu sopravvive à u cgc, perchè u mercatu vintage hè più stabilitu in PSA, cun parità simili osservate cù carte muderne cum'è l'Umbreon.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • 为什么在现代卡牌中，bgs黑标10等级比PSA 10等级的价格要高？

    在现代卡牌方面，bgs的黑标10等级比PSA的10等级卖得更多，涨幅超过400%。

  • PSA为什么在传统卡牌市场中占有更大的份额？

    PSA在传统卡牌收藏市场中更受欢迎，尤其那些接近平民度较高的牌，这是因为PSA的市场流动性和转售价值更高。

  • PSA的评分体系是怎样的？

    PSA的评价体系比较简单，虽然其有0.5的评分，但使用得并不频繁。

  • cgc相比其他公司有什么优势？

    cgc是进入市场成本最低的公司，并且提供最快的交付时间。

  • Becket公司有什么独特的评分方法或系统？

    Becket提供子等级评分，并拥有厚实且高档的展示框，这使得其在透明度上更具优势。

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    what if I told you that a base set
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    unlimited Charizard in near mint to Mint
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    Condition sells for significantly more
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    in a PSA slab than the same grade with
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    its competitors cgc or bgs however if we
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    took a modern card like the Umbreon from
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    evolving skies in the top grade offered
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    by these three competing companies the
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    bgs Black Label 10 out sells the PSA 10
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    by over
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    400% in an era of rapidly changing
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    market dynamics knowing how to assess
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    best condition and where to grade your
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    cards has never been more important
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    today I invite you to join me as we
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    attempt to demystify card grading here
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    in
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    [Music]
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    2024 hey everybody what's up from
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    Pokémon Classics reminding you all that
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    the classics never go out of style it's
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    2024 and a lot has changed over the last
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    few years when it comes to grading cards
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    now in this video I wanted to start by
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    talking about some of the updates for
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    tending to the big three grading
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    companies PSA cgc and bgs next we'll
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    talk a little bit about the optimization
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    process of determining which company to
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    send cards to and finally we'll explore
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    which cards to send to get graded in the
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    first place because ultimately there is
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    a bit of a cost benefit analysis that
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    needs to happen when making that
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    decision anyway guys let's roll into it
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    first let's talk about grading prices
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    now back during the pandemic companies
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    like PSA shuttered their doors and made
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    grading inaccessible to the Mass
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    however since then over the last year or
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    so prices have normalized we're seeing
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    more competition in the graded Market
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    space currently PSA charges $4.99 per
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    card if using their bulk service cgc
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    only charges $11 per card and bgs is
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    charging
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    $14.95 now you can actually get better
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    prices than these because PSA is
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    offering specials every month to their
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    members and I've seen them go as low as
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    12.99 meanwhile cgc has an elite tier
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    through a subscription service that's
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    offering $8 80 per card so it's a fairly
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    competitive market and I think this is
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    opening the door for a lot of
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    prospective collectors and would be
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    greaters out there and speaking of
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    accessibility there's been a number of
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    new opportunities for people that
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    traditionally haven't been sending their
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    cards in for grading on their own
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    recently PSA announced a partnership
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    with GameStop where individuals can
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    submit their cards through GameStop and
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    that's only for a dollar more they're
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    only charging $14.99 per card with no
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    minimum and it's advertises A4 5-day
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    turnaround similarly cgc also has an
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    expedited service through Fanatics you
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    send raw Cards into Fanatics they have
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    people on staff that are able to turn
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    around cards at just $9 per card and
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    they're hoping to get that service down
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    to just 24 hours as a turnaround time
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    though I've been told it's closer to
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    about 3 days either way this makes
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    grading so much more accessible to the
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    masses particularly for people that have
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    never graded before or maybe are a
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    little bit intimidated to do so removing
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    that barrier of of Entry of course this
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    begs the question which Grading Company
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    should you be sending your cards to now
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    this is a highly subjective question
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    with a number of different factors at
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    work but generally I Look to look at it
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    in these three factors when it comes to
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    market share and the majority of
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    collectors their PSA collectors so
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    liquidity and resale value is often more
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    closely attached and aligned to PSA
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    especially for those cards that are in
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    that near mint to Mint range the eights
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    the nines this is the Direction I Would
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    urge people to go on the other hand cgc
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    has the lowest cost point to entry and
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    the quickest turnaround time and those
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    can both be very attractive to resellers
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    and collectors as well finally Becket is
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    the only one of these companies that
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    offers subgrades there's an element of
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    transparency there it's also a very
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    thick and premium feeling slab also the
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    Black Label premium really can't be beat
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    but we'll get to that a bit more here in
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    a little
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    bit regardless of which one of these
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    companies you personally prefer
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    condition is everything now I've made a
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    whole video breaking down conditions and
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    the grading guidelines for PSA with
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    detailed examples and pictures of each
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    one so if that's something you're
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    interested in learning more about I'll
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    leave a link to the video down in the
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    description below as I alluded to
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    earlier every one of these grading
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    companies applies their grading scale
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    slightly differently but one thing that
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    they all have in common is they all take
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    those four grading criteria averages
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    them out and then applies One Singular
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    numeric score for a grade PSA probably
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    has the simplest grading scale and
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    although PSA does offer Half Point
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    grades they're seldom used and so are
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    not really worth considering on the
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    other hand we have Becket which offers
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    two different bgs 10s a black label 10
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    and a pristine Gold Label 10 and they
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    consider gem mint their
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    9.5 finally we have cgc which also has
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    two tens a pristine Gold Label 10 and
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    then a 10 gem mint and cgc makes
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    extensive use of the 0 five grades and
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    in that way it's perhaps the more
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    nuanced and complex of the three grading
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    systems now a quick disclaimer but in my
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    own personal experience when mixing
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    these grades together and categorizing
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    them I often think of them in terms of
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    tiers and at the very top of Mount
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    Everest in its own tier would be the
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    bgs1 Black Label pristine grade these
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    are supposed to be absolutely Flawless
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    and they're incredibly scarce on the
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    market and thus command a very high
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    premium my next category would be in
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    green and these are cards I would
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    consider gem Min and often these ones
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    have similar price points as well as
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    populations and conditions in the yellow
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    are cards that I would consider mint and
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    these ones are virtually Flawless but
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    maybe they exhibit some small flaw like
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    slightly off-centered or a DOT or two of
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    edge wear on the backside then finally
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    in red are cards that I would consider
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    near mint now this is perhaps the hot
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    take of this categorization system but I
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    would actually consider a lot of PSA 6s
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    and sevens to be the standard
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    conditional equivalent of the eights
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    from the other two grading companies you
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    guys can come at me in the comments but
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    that's just my experience so to look at
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    it another way as a continuum this is
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    how I would personally break it down
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    with the bgs1 Black Label pristine all
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    the way on one end and then working our
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    way through all the different
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    categorizations of mint and then ending
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    at the near mint to Mint PSA 8 anything
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    below that I would consider below a near
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    mint to Mint grade of course it is worth
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    noting that as we work our way through
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    the upper echelons of mint condition
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    that the differences become so
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    negligible that at sometimes the
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    difference between one grade and another
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    are indistinguishable and I think it's
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    important that we Al take these other
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    two factors into consideration the first
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    being that there are huge fluctuations
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    in gem rates between vintage cards and
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    modern cards they're just built
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    differently and come with different
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    conditional issues in their print
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    production having said that even within
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    certain eras of Pokemon there are still
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    different quality issues we might take a
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    look at print lines being something that
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    PSA often hammers more harshly than cgc
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    does and you see that reflected in the
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    population reports of many of the Neo
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    Era cards that are particularly
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    susceptible to print lines on the other
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    hand we can take a look at something
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    like the jungle set which was very
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    notable for chipping on the front edges
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    and that's something that PSA doesn't
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    penalize as heavily as cgc does you'll
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    see that in the population reports as
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    well by the way if you're interested in
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    comparing gem rates between PSA and cgc
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    and how each company prioritizes
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    conditional issues check out this video
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    where I run through all of the data from
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    baset through Neo Destiny it's pretty
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    fascinating to
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    consider let's let's take a look at a
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    pair of case studies a modern card the
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    moon Bon from evolving skies and the
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    unlimited Bas at Charizard a vintage
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    card when comparing the top grade
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    available from each Grading Company
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    you'll notice that the bgs Black Label
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    10 absolutely blows the competitors out
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    of the water earning over 400% the value
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    of the PSA 10 now the PSA 10 sold for
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    $1,400 and that's a really good price
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    for a modern card especially one that
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    has this high of a population but the
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    bgs1 sold for 7,600
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    $21 now cgc top grade the pristine 10
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    also outpaced the PSA 10 at
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    $1,750 which is exactly 25% more than
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    the PSA 10 now interestingly these
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    aren't the only grades that outsold the
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    PSA 10 the bgs1 pristine Gold Label also
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    sold for a bit more at
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    $1,575 and the cgc 10 came in a little
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    bit under the PSA 10 at
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    $1,128 so you can already see how this
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    Continuum that I showcased earlier is
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    playing out when it comes that modern
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    Moon Bon from evolving Skies now to be
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    fair these were all individual listings
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    that sold recently when scraping data
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    from the last few months and taking
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    overall averages this is what the
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    categories end up looking like and you
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    can see how the four tiers end up
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    emerging organically with the bgs Black
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    Label 10 pristine selling for $7500 to
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    $9,000 it really is in a whole world all
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    of its own then in the green we have
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    what I would consider the gem mint copy
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    selling for a bit over $1,000 and for as
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    much as $2,000 in that cgc 10 pristine
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    and bgs 10 pristine as well the Gold
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    Label one as we work our way down though
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    one of the interesting things to note is
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    that the PSA 6 and 7 seems to be about
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    comparable price to the cgc and bgs 8s
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    of course though this is just a modern
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    example we'll turn our attention over to
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    something vintage now the Bas out
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    unlimited Charizard is an interesting
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    one to consider because it's one of the
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    most desirable and recognizable cards in
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    vintage collecting in a PSA 10 it sold
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    for between $9,000 and
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    $111,000 and there really is no premium
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    there for cgc t0s even in the cgc 10
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    pristine a copy was sold in 2024 for
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    $9,600 which is about comparable price
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    to the PSA 10 copies now bgs is an
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    interesting story because there are so
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    few copies available in bgs 10 that I
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    have really no idea how to accurately
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    assess it in fact I couldn't find a
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    single sale for the bgs 10 Black Label
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    and when it comes to the pristine Gold
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    Label there's only one sale I could find
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    and that was from 2017 and it sold for $
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    4,863 now keep in mind this was long
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    before the pandemic boom when vintage
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    cards and Pokemon as a whole exploded so
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    I would have to think that either
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    version of that card in bgs 10 would
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    sell for significantly more than the PSA
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    10 copy does another thing that I think
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    is interesting is that the cgc 10 gem
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    mint grade and the bgs 9.5 gem mint
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    grade both fall off incredibly hard when
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    compared to the PSA 10 now I think
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    there's a couple reasons for this the
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    first being that PSA is widely collected
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    and more established within the Vintage
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    Market and Charizard has a very low gem
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    rate especially compared to the Umbreon
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    from evolving Skies that we just looked
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    at the Charizard is much more scarce for
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    example Charizard has a 6% gem rate
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    meaning there's only 464 gem Min copies
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    out of 51,27386
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    has an 81% gem mint rating with
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    8,536 copies available out of
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    11,197 copies graded it's a pretty big
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    difference just for fun I also looked up
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    the gem rate of the cgc 10 gem mint card
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    and that's at 18% with 213 copies
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    available out of
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    11,563 cards graded so I guess what I'm
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    trying to say is that the preference of
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    the buyer pool combined with the total
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    amount of copies available or its
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    scarcity has a tremend mendous impact on
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    the cost of the card the other thing
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    that I think is interesting is that
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    copies that are near mint to Mint sell
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    significantly better in PSA than they do
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    in respective slabs the PSA 8 sold
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    recently for $650 at auction meanwhile a
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    cc8 copy sold for $44 which is only 62%
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    of the PSA price also the bgs was also
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    recently sold for 66% of the price or
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    $430 so there is a bit of an advantage
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    there especially for those near mint
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    plus cars cards to go with
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    PSA so here's what I might recommend for
  • 00:12:04
    allocating your cards if you have a
  • 00:12:06
    modern card that is a particularly
  • 00:12:08
    strong gem mint candidate you might be
  • 00:12:10
    willing to play the bgs lottery going
  • 00:12:11
    for that black label grade now it is
  • 00:12:14
    highly unlikely that a card is going to
  • 00:12:15
    earn that grade but if it does there
  • 00:12:17
    could be a massive premium there however
  • 00:12:20
    if it doesn't earn that grade keep in
  • 00:12:22
    mind there might be less liquidity
  • 00:12:23
    selling it than there would be with a
  • 00:12:25
    company like PSA if you have a card
  • 00:12:28
    that's gem mint but on the weaker side
  • 00:12:30
    maybe due to centering or like one flaw
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    on the backside a little dot of edge
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    wear that's when I'd consider PSA or cgc
  • 00:12:37
    cgc pristine 10 still offers a premium
  • 00:12:40
    and is a bit more achievable than the
  • 00:12:41
    Black Label 10 of bgs having said that a
  • 00:12:45
    PSA 9 or 10 are still very liquid cards
  • 00:12:48
    and do come with a premium of their own
  • 00:12:50
    so those aren't bad options anyway you
  • 00:12:52
    slice it I would recommend checking the
  • 00:12:54
    prices and the populations first as
  • 00:12:56
    you're running this calculation for
  • 00:12:58
    cards that are meant nine candidates
  • 00:13:00
    again I would recommend going with cgc
  • 00:13:02
    or PSA PSA does treat Hollow surfaces
  • 00:13:05
    and dents more harshly especially for
  • 00:13:07
    vintage cards and print lines in
  • 00:13:09
    particular than cgc does something to be
  • 00:13:12
    aware of on the other hand cgc is often
  • 00:13:15
    more harsh on the edges as we saw with
  • 00:13:17
    the jungle set earlier finally for cards
  • 00:13:20
    that are on the threshold of
  • 00:13:21
    gradeability we're talking ones that are
  • 00:13:22
    near mint plus I would generally send
  • 00:13:25
    those to PSA cards that are likely going
  • 00:13:27
    to get a seven or an eight are are
  • 00:13:29
    probably going to do better in that PSA
  • 00:13:31
    grade than they will in the respective
  • 00:13:33
    bgs or cgc grades there is one notable
  • 00:13:36
    exception to this PSA is extremely hard
  • 00:13:39
    on cards that have small indentations in
  • 00:13:41
    them we're not talking like full-on
  • 00:13:43
    creases but just a small dent those ones
  • 00:13:45
    are going to get instantly a six at best
  • 00:13:48
    through PSA and often those will be
  • 00:13:50
    graded more favorably through cgc so
  • 00:13:53
    just another thing to take into
  • 00:13:54
    consideration if you're looking to
  • 00:13:55
    maximize the number on the card itself
  • 00:13:59
    before we wrap up this video I wanted to
  • 00:14:00
    talk about how do you know which cards
  • 00:14:02
    you should grade in the first place well
  • 00:14:04
    there are usually four metrics that I
  • 00:14:05
    would recommend looking to when making
  • 00:14:07
    that determination the first of these is
  • 00:14:09
    the condition if your card is below near
  • 00:14:12
    Mint Condition it's generally not worth
  • 00:14:13
    it to grade unless it's something
  • 00:14:15
    exceptionally valuable you should also
  • 00:14:17
    be aware of populations populations
  • 00:14:19
    often influence the desirability of a
  • 00:14:20
    card as well of its overall price point
  • 00:14:23
    the popularity of the actual Pokémon is
  • 00:14:25
    also something to take into
  • 00:14:26
    consideration certain cards certain
  • 00:14:28
    Pokemon species like Gengar Pikachu
  • 00:14:32
    Dragonite Umbreon are going to generally
  • 00:14:34
    do well in comparison to some of the
  • 00:14:36
    Lesser known variants out there finally
  • 00:14:39
    look up valuations this is something
  • 00:14:41
    more people need to do there are some
  • 00:14:43
    great tools out there for looking up
  • 00:14:44
    market trends researching prices
  • 00:14:47
    population data and a whole lot more a
  • 00:14:50
    few of the websites I would personally
  • 00:14:51
    recommend are for rock hards look at tcg
  • 00:14:54
    player and eBay you can look up recently
  • 00:14:56
    sold listings to see how much your cards
  • 00:14:58
    are currently worth and if there's going
  • 00:14:59
    to be any added value to having them
  • 00:15:01
    graded for graded cards you can do the
  • 00:15:03
    same thing through websites like Pokemon
  • 00:15:05
    price.com PSA as well as TCG fish and
  • 00:15:09
    pokedata doio the last two of these
  • 00:15:11
    though are particularly important and
  • 00:15:13
    useful especially to collectors out
  • 00:15:15
    there that want to get more serious TCG
  • 00:15:17
    fish and Pokey data each contain sales
  • 00:15:20
    prices Trends graphs as well as ability
  • 00:15:23
    to look up population reports and a
  • 00:15:24
    whole lot more I can't recommend these
  • 00:15:26
    enough I actually did a full video on
  • 00:15:28
    these ites and if you want more
  • 00:15:30
    information on how they work and what
  • 00:15:31
    type of data and market trends they
  • 00:15:33
    provide I'll leave a link to my video
  • 00:15:34
    down in the description below anyway
  • 00:15:36
    guys that's going to wrap it up for this
  • 00:15:38
    one I hope this information was useful
  • 00:15:39
    to you all and if you're just starting
  • 00:15:41
    out grading I wish you all the best of
  • 00:15:43
    luck deciding which cards to send and
  • 00:15:45
    where to send them to I'm Pokémon
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    Classics reminding you all that the
  • 00:15:48
    classics never go out of style we'll see
  • 00:15:50
    you all with the next video till then
  • 00:15:51
    stay well and have fun that's what
  • 00:15:53
    collecting is all about bye everybody
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